Netflix will produce a new series titled Zero, an Italian-language show based on the work of 27-year-old Antonio Dikele Distefano, a formerly self-published Italian author whose books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies since he signed with Mondadori.
The Netflix series will follow the adventures of Zero, the hero from Distefano's 2018 novel Non ho mai avuto la mia eta (I was never my age). Netflix described the forthcoming show as "an original and unique exploration of the Milanese suburbs, a rich and diverse world of underrepresented cultures mixed with rap elements." Distefano will work on the script with Italian comic book artist and screenwriter Roberto Marchionni, along with a team of other Italian screenwriters; production begins in 2020.
